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Weapons of Mass Distortion
The coming meltdown of the liberal media.
National Review ^
| 7/8/04
| By L. Brent Bozell III
Posted on 07/08/2004 7:55:57 AM PDT by TaxMe
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To: TaxMe
To: tom paine 2
There is, especially among young Americans, a vacuum of political knowledge that exists and is unfortunately filled by academia and the media.
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posted on
07/08/2004 9:07:51 AM PDT
by
sdk7x7
("This time I think the Americans are serious. Bush is not like Clinton. I think this is the end.")
To: TaxMe
To: TaxMe
Huge Bozell BUMP for later reading.
Go Brent!
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posted on
07/08/2004 9:39:05 AM PDT
by
BluSky
(“Don’t make me come down there.”)
To: TaxMe
Mike Rosen is interviewing Brent Bozell on the air right now about this article and topic.
KOA Radio, 850 AM - Denver, Colorado.
Mike Rosen is a (very good) conservative talk radio host from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Mon-Fri.
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posted on
07/08/2004 9:44:57 AM PDT
by
BluSky
(“Don’t make me come down there.”)
To: TaxMe
The media wanted this war more than anybody did, they put pressure on, just before the war if Bush had returned the Troops, there would have been another outcry, The Media could't wait to get there,, Then they got a reality check, and didn't like what they saw a War. not a movie. So they think its all Bush and Blair's fault, blame them. for everything.
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posted on
07/08/2004 10:04:21 AM PDT
by
lillybet
To: TaxMe
Not only the media, but Democrats themselves would be treating the war in Iraq as a war of liberation. I'll repeat what's often said about the war in Kosovo:
1. No threat to U.S.security.
2. No U.N. approval (not even requested).
3. No post-war plan (situation still unresolved, five years after the war).
4. No national debate - there truly was a "rush to war."
5. "Genocide" claims were exaggerated.
6. We were immersing ourselves in ancient ethnic/religious quagmire.
7. Civilians bore the brunt of the conflict - targeting of infrastructure (NO American military casualties - a coward's war?)
8. Use of depleted uranium.
9. Siding with terrorists (KLA).
So most Dems supported a war that had many of the same alleged defects as the war in Iraq.
To: Steve_Seattle
Exactly! Where is Michael Moore's "documentary" about Kosovo? Where were the marches and demonstrations in the streets? Didn't happen because the "good guys" were in office.
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posted on
07/08/2004 10:54:12 AM PDT
by
TaxMe
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posted on
07/08/2004 11:06:02 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: TaxMe
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posted on
07/08/2004 11:09:38 AM PDT
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion have been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: maeng; ValerieUSA; txflake; WinOne4TheGipper; DrewsDad; HiJinx; MeekOneGOP; Gracey; anymouse; ...
Weapons of Mass Distortion: The Coming Meltdown of the Liberal Media, released today.Liberal media ping. Long read, but worth your time.
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posted on
07/08/2004 11:49:53 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Flush the john/john rat ticket in 2004. #1 & #4 liberals in Congress.)
To: Arrowhead1952; Steve_Seattle; TaxMe
Absolutely, this was a good read! Thanks for the ping.
I wonder how Bozell's book will compare with Bernie Goldberg's Bias? I plan to pick this up when I can, and suspect it will build on the points Goldberg made - that the bias is internal rather than institutional, that it is personal rather than conspiratorial, and that it is simply compounded by the fraternity of journalism school graduates.
No wonder Fox News gives 'em fits. The folks at Fox are shaking the core beliefs of all the others.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:12:19 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Be sure to catch the John & John Show on station WDNC!!!)
To: TaxMe
Bookmarked for later read. Thanks for this--Bozell is great.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:19:53 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
To: TaxMe
I believe it was Ann Coulter that said (correct me if I'm wrong someone) that "The liberal media still acts as if there's no such thing as a Lexis-Nexis search." I can log into Free Republic and find stats and rebuttals to liberal claims days before they show up on Fox News or Rush Limbaugh. It's a brave new world for information and the conservatives are dominating.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:34:05 PM PDT
by
Tailback
To: Arrowhead1952; PhilDragoo; Liz; onyx; nicmarlo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; devolve; MEG33; Grampa Dave; ..
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:43:55 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
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To: TaxMe
I taught "newswriting 1" at a local community college a few months ago and a few of them (it was a small class) were obvious lefty types who wanted to make a difference. I told them to ask for a refund from the course and go into social work, then beat them over the head for the rest of the course with the unusual (to them) focus of newswriting being about getting the truth, and that if their opinions showed up in the stories it would affect their grades.
At the end of the class at least two of them told me they were no longer interested in reporting but wanted, instead, to do features and/or op eds.
I counted that as a small victory.
Cheers
Jim
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posted on
07/08/2004 1:12:27 PM PDT
by
gymbeau
(Alberta. Bound. And gagged.)
To: MeekOneGOP; Mia T; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; Smartass; onyx; dixiechick2000; ...
ZOGBY Poll 1008 nationwide July 7-8
The 8%-15% "VP-Bounce"?
48% Kerry/Edwards +/- 3.1%
46% Bush/Cheney +/- 3.1%
* [democrats by oversampled by: 15%!]
*Corrected by only 12%:
45% Kerry/Edwards
49% Bush/Cheney
Some "big VP bounce"!
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posted on
07/08/2004 1:14:58 PM PDT
by
devolve
(---------------- [--------------Hello from Sunny South Florida-------------)
To: devolve
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posted on
07/08/2004 1:17:08 PM PDT
by
onyx
("Dick Cheney can be president. Next?")
To: TaxMe
BTTT, but I would have checked off editorial as well.
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posted on
07/08/2004 1:18:52 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: devolve
45% Kerry/Edwards
49% Bush/Cheney ______________________
Works for me ! :^D
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07/08/2004 2:31:39 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
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